Improvement in washing-machines



J. W. ESTES. Washing-Machine No. 220,590. Patented Oct.14, 1879.

I *%T-=1 in llllllllllllllmlllll UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JOHN W.ESTES, OF BELTON, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT lN- WASHING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 220,590, dated October14, 1879; application filed April 7, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN W. Es'lEs, ofBelton, in the county of Cass and State of Missouri, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in VVashing-Machines; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in theartto which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, andin which Figure l is a side elevation of my improved washing-machine.Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a planView thereof, and Fig. 4is a detailed sectional view through the line 0000 of Fig. 1.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like letters.

This invention relates to certain improvements in washing-machines ofthat class which consist of a wheel or cylinder hung in a suitablereceptacle holding water; and it consists in providing the rotating drumor cylinder with internal peripherical rubbers or beaters, arranged eachalternate one with its inclined rubbing-surface extending inanop'positedirection to accomplish both the rubbing and turning of thearticles being washed simultaneously, the water being supplied to thedrum or cylinder by means of buckets or chutes, substantially ashereinafter more fully ,set forth.

1n the drawings, A refers to a water-holding receptacle or vessel, inwhich the Wheel or cylinder B is hung. The wheel or cylinder B is hungin position by means of a crankshaft, a, by which it is also operated,and by means of a short axis, a, projecting from the opposite side ofthe wheel.

In the sides of the wheel or cylinder are chutes or buckets b b forsupplying the same with water. For conveniently introducing the clothesor articles to be washed the wheel or cylinder is formed with a hingedsection, B.

To the interior of the periphery of the wheel are supplied a series ofinclined rubbers or heaters, O O, the inclination of each alternate oneextending in au opposite direction to the preceding one, by which thetwofold purpose of simultaneously rubbing and turning the articles beingwashed is effected in order to thoroughly wash or cleanse the articles.

Iam aware that machines of this class have been made before with chutesor buckets in the heads of the drum for conveying water to the inside,and also that deflectors have been used in this class of machines forthe purpose of deflecting the water and turning the clothes as the drumis being rotated; nor do I claim either of these constructions broadly;but

What I claim as my improvement, and desire to secure by Letters Patentof the United States, is

The combination, with the water-receptacle or boiler A, of the rotarydrum or cylinder B B, provided with buckets b, alternating with combinedrubbers and deflectors 0, arranged upon the inner periphery of the drumin such a manner that their inclined faces point alternately in oppositedirections, substantially as set forth.

In testimonythat I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto a-ffixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN WILLIAM ESTES.

Witnesses:

L. M. TRUMBULL, G. W. SMooTE.

